Randy Vasquez accomplished six robust innings to guide the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels at Petco Park, Wednesday. The end result additionally gave the Padres a sequence win to open their homestand.
Vasquez allowed only one run, and that got here on a solo dwelling run by Taylor Ward within the prime of the second inning.
Maybe an important statistic of the evening for Vasquez was one stroll. He was environment friendly via his six innings and recorded 5 strikeouts on 90 pitches and held the Angels to 4 hits.
Vasquez was given a lead within the backside of the primary inning. Luis Arraez and Manny Machado every singled and put runners at first and second base. Jackson Merrill lined out for the second out of the inning and Xander Bogaerts got here to the plate for his first look of the evening.
Bogaerts labored a full depend towards Los Angeles beginning pitcher Kyle Hendricks. He gained the battle on the ninth pitch of the at-bat by hitting a three-run dwelling run to left area to place San Diego up, 3-0.
Vazquez exited the sport after the sixth and the struggling Padres bullpen was requested to carry a 3-1 lead. Alek Jacob began the inning with a come out, however then walked Jo Adell on 4 pitches. He obtained out of the inning with a floor ball to second. Jake Cronenworth fielded the ball, tagged Adell out, spun and threw to first for the double play.
Adrian Morejon labored the eighth inning and wanted simply seven pitches to document two floor outs and a fly out towards the three batters he confronted. Jacob and Morejon labored scoreless innings and turned the ball and the sport over to Robert Suarez for the ninth.
Suarez misplaced his probability to avoid wasting the sport when San Diego loaded the bases with two outs within the backside of the eighth inning. Brandon Lockridge got here via with a line drive single into left middle that scored Machado and Bogaerts to make the rating, 5-1.
Suarez did are available to face the Los Angeles lineup within the backside of the ninth inning in a non-save scenario. He obtained a come out to Machado at third base for the primary out after which recorded back-to-back strikeouts to finish the body and the sport.
The Padres have an off day Thursday, however will return to motion at dwelling towards the Seattle Mariners, Friday at 6:40 p.m.
